1. Ecclesiology Session 2 Dr. Andy Woods
Senior Pastor – Sugar Land Bible Church
President – Chafer Theological Seminary

2. Areas of Systematic Theology
Prolegomena – Introduction
Theology – Study of God
Christology – Study of Christ
Pneumatology – Study of the Holy Spirit
Anthropology – Study of Man
Hamartiology – Study of sin
Soteriology – Study of salvation
Angelology – Study of angels
Ecclesiology – Study of the Church
Eschatology – Study of the end

3. Ecclesiology Overview
Definition
Universal vs. local
Word pictures
Origin
Israel – Church differences
Intercalation
Purposes
Activities
Government
Officers
Ordinances
Purity

4. Ecclesiology Overview
Definition
Universal vs. local
Word pictures
Origin
Israel – Church differences
Intercalation
Purposes
Activities
Government
Officers
Ordinances
Purity

5. Definition of Ecclesiology
Ekklēsía (ἐκκλησία)
ĕk (ἐκ) / kaleo (καλέω)
Acts 15:14
Logos
1 Cor 10:32

6. 1 Corinthians 10:32 (NASB)
“Give no offense either to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God.”

7. The Definition of the Church
Dr. Andy Woods - Ecclessiology
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The Definition of the Church
All (both Jew & Gentile) who have trusted in the very Messiah rejected by first-century national Israel (Gal. 3:28; Rom. 10:19; Eph. 2:14)
Intercalation
Does not fulfill Israel’s purposes
Sugar Land Bible Church

8. Ecclesiology Overview
Definition
Universal vs. local
Word pictures
Origin
Israel – Church differences
Intercalation
Purposes
Activities
Government
Officers
Ordinances
Purity

9. Ephesians 1:20-22 (NASB)
20 “which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. 22 And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church”

10. The Universal vs. Local Church
Number
One
Many
Members
All believers from Pentecost to the Rapture
Local gathering
Spiritual status
Believers only
Believers and unbelievers
Living or dead
Living and dead
Living only
Assembly
Cannot assemble at one place and time
Can assemble at one place and time
Visibility
Invisible
Visible
NT Material
Minority
Majority
Joining
Faith alone
Unique requirements
Denomination
All believers
Specific denomination

11. Ecclesiology Overview
Definition
Universal vs. local
Word pictures
Origin
Israel – Church differences
Intercalation
Purposes
Activities
Government
Officers
Ordinances
Purity

12. Universal Church Word Pictures
Shepherd/sheep – John 10:16; Acts 20:28; Heb 13:20; 1 Pet 5:2-4
Head/body – Rom 12:5; 1 Cor 12:12-13; Eph 1:22-23
Bride/groom – Eph 5:22-33; 2 Cor 11:2-3
Temple – 1 Cor 3:16-17; Eph 2:19-22; Gal 6:10
High priest/priesthood – Heb 4:14-15; 1 Pet 2:5-9; Rev 1:6
Pillar of truth – 1 Tim 3:15
Vine and branches – John 15:1-8

13. Universal Church Word Pictures
Shepherd/sheep – John 10:16; Acts 20:28; Heb 13:20; 1 Pet 5:2-4
Head/body – Rom 12:5; 1 Cor 12:12-13; Eph 1:22-23
Bride/groom – Eph 5:22-33; 2 Cor 11:2-3
Temple – 1 Cor 3:16-17; Eph 2:19-22; Gal 6:10
High priest/priesthood – Heb 4:14-15; 1 Pet 2:5-9; Rev 1:6
Pillar of truth – 1 Tim 3:15
Vine and branches – John 15:1-8

14. 2 Cor. 11:2-3 Betrothal Period
“ For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, so that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin. But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted by from the simplicity that is in Christ.”

15. Jewish Marriage Analogy
Marriage covenant
Groom initiated; Covenant established upon payment for bride; drank same cup
Christ initiated; Christ’s sacrificial death
(1 Cor. 6:19-20; 11:25)
Bride set apart
Bride set apart exclusively for groom
Church’s positionally sanctified (1 Cor. 1:2; 6:9-11)
Bridal chamber prepared
Groom separates from bride and returns to his father’s house to prepare bridal chamber
Christ’s 2000 year separation from church; Ascension; return to heaven to prepare dwellings
(John 14:2; Acts 1:9-11)
Betrothal period
Loyalty test
Reward determined by orthodoxy and orthopraxy (Jas. 4:4)
Bride retrieved
Groom returns at unknown time preceded by a shout with escorts to retrieve bride
Rapture at unknown time (John 14:3; 1 Thess. 4:16-17)
Showers, Maranatha Our Lord, Come!,

16. Jewish Marriage Analogy
Bride and groom hidden in Father’s house for seven days
Hidden in the Father’s house for seven days: three events transpire
Church hidden from world during Daniel’s 70th Week
Bride cleansed
Bride undergoes ritual cleansing prior to wedding ceremony
Bema Seat Judgment 1 Cor 3:10-15; 2 Cor 5:10)
Wedding ceremony
Meeting with the Father’s assembled wedding guests; Private wedding ceremony
Meeting with OT saints; Rev 19:7
Consummation
Bride and groom consummate the marriage
Eph 5:27
Marriage feast
Public presentation; Bride unveiled; marriage feast
Col 3:3-4; Rev 19:9
Showers, Maranatha Our Lord, Come!,

17. Universal Church Word Pictures
Shepherd/sheep – John 10:16; Acts 20:28; Heb 13:20; 1 Pet 5:2-4
Head/body – Rom 12:5; 1 Cor 12:12-13; Eph 1:22-23
Bride/groom – Eph 5:22-33; 2 Cor 11:2-3
Temple – 1 Cor 3:16-17; Eph 2:19-22; Gal 6:10
High priest/priesthood – Heb 4:14-15; 1 Pet 2:5-9; Rev 1:6
Pillar of truth – 1 Tim 3:15
Vine and branches – John 15:1-8

18. Universal Church Word Pictures
Shepherd/sheep – John 10:16; Acts 20:28; Heb 13:20; 1 Pet 5:2-4
Head/body – Rom 12:5; 1 Cor 12:12-13; Eph 1:22-23
Bride/groom – Eph 5:22-33; 2 Cor 11:2-3
Temple – 1 Cor 3:16-17; Eph 2:19-22; Gal 6:10
High priest/priesthood – Heb 4:14-15; 1 Pet 2:5-9; Rev 1:6
Pillar of truth – 1 Tim 3:15
Vine and branches – John 15:1-8

19. Spiritual Sacrifices Body – Rom 12:1 Praise – Heb 13:15
Good works – Philip 2:17
Financial giving – Heb 13:16

20. Universal Church Word Pictures
Shepherd/sheep – John 10:16; Acts 20:28; Heb 13:20; 1 Pet 5:2-4
Head/body – Rom 12:5; 1 Cor 12:12-13; Eph 1:22-23
Bride/groom – Eph 5:22-33; 2 Cor 11:2-3
Temple – 1 Cor 3:16-17; Eph 2:19-22; Gal 6:10
High priest/priesthood – Heb 4:14-15; 1 Pet 2:5-9; Rev 1:6
Pillar of truth – 1 Tim 3:15
Vine and branches – John 15:1-8

21. CONCLUSION

22. Ecclesiology Overview
Definition
Universal vs. local
Word pictures
Origin
Israel – Church differences
Intercalation
Purposes
Activities
Government
Officers
Ordinances
Purity